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' J. H. W YGANT.

MA-ST HOOP.

' No. 292,191. Patented Jan.22, 1884.

JL il'HlHlllllllHHl UNITED; STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. WYGANT, OF HAOKENSAGK, NEW JERSEY.

MAST-HOOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,191, dated January 22, 1884.

Application filed ma 26, 1983. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. ,WYGANT, a citizen of the United States, residing in Hackensack,'county of Bergen, and State of .New' Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mast Hoops or Hanks, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same. 7

This invention relates particularly to a means for securing the mast hoops or hanks to the leeoh-rope of a fore-and-aft sail. Thesehoops or hanks have heretofore been secured to the leech-rope by means of a cord or lashing, which was passed around the body of the hook'and through an eyelet inthe sail just inside the rope. This manner of securing the hoops has been found objectionable in practice, because the cord or lashing Where it passed through the hoop was liable to become chafed by rubbing against the mast, and because, also, the lashing formed a bunch upon the inside of the hoop, which often caused the latter to bind and fail to slide freely up and down the mast.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a means for securing the mast-hoop to the leech-rope, by which all necessity of passing the lashing around the body of the hoop will be avoided, and by which also the hoops will at all times be sustained in nearly or quite ahorizontal position, so that all tendency to bind in moving up and down the mast will be obviated, and all danger of chafing the lashing avoided.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of one of the mast-hoops and a portion of the sail and leech-rope, showing section of the hoop, taken upon the line 00 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an elevation of the cleat around which the lashing passes to secure the hoop to the-leech-rope.

Referring to the figures, it is to be understood that Ais a mast hoop or hank, B asail, and O aleech-rope, all of the usual construction and operating in the usual manner. The hoop A, which is made of wood in the usual manner, is provided upon its inside with a smooth metal plate, a, which is curved, as shown, to fit the inside of the hoop, and is securely riveted or otherwise fastened thereto, said plate being placed over the splice in the hoop, thereby making a secure joint, and adding greatly to the strength of the hoop. The plate a is provided with two laterally-projectingarms, b, so positioned as to be flush or nearly flush with the outside of the hoop, and so curved as to fit snugly against the leeoh-ropeC, the plate a and arms I) thus forming a cleat by which the hoop can be lashed to the leechrope. The hoop thus equipped is secured to the leech-rope by means of the lashing-cord c, which is passed around the arms b above and below the hoop and through the eyelet d, located inside the leech-rope, as shown in Fig. 1. By this arrangement it will readily be seen that allnecessity of passingthelashing-cordthrough the hoop is avoided, thereby not only protecting the cord from being chafed by rubbing against the mast, but also avoiding the formation of a bunch inside the hoop, and the consequent tendency of the latter to bind in moving up and down the mast. By reason also of the arms b extending along the rope O for some distance above and below the hoop, the tension of the cord 0 tends to hold the hoop in a horizontal position, so thatit will move up and down the mast with little or no friction. What I claim is The combination, with the wooden mast hoop or hank A, of the plate a, permanently secured to the inside of said hoop in position to cover its splice, and provided with arms I), by which the hoop may be lashed tothe leech rope, all substantially as described.

my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I, 7

JOHN H. \VYGANT. Witn sses:

J. A. HOVEY, T. H. PALMER.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 

